Wow! That is great!
You don't want hot-humid air hah? lol I know that the University of Texas Medical Branch has a great Psych program. Also Baylor. They always have a lot of research going on here too. (we've taken advantage of these services in our own family) I would think that any of the larger cities would have more opportunity for you both.
I am 33, and when I was in high school, I was a smart kid, but who cared? I wasn't going to college anyway, so I took Cosmetology during my Junior and Senior year. I never even let myself dream of what I could have been. Now, I would love to be in the medical field too. I am very intereseted in Psychiatry, too. I am thinking about joined the Fire Dept. with my husband and taking the Paramedic courses that they sometimes offer there. I want to BE something. Sometimes I feel like it's too late though, even when people say it isn't. Very discouraging.
My husband is 29 and is VERY resentful that he wasn't encouraged to go to college. He is very talented and brilliant, doing pretty well for an "uneducated" person, but now that we have a family, he can't even think about taking time to go to school right now. I feel really bad for him.
Go for your dreams!